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Botswana court hears bid to scrap anti-gay laws
AFP, Published on 14/03/2019
» GABORONE (BOTSWANA) - The High Court in Botswana on Thursday started hearing an application seeking to decriminalise homosexuality, in a landmark case for Africa's legal response to same-sex relationships.
Director of new agency to manage court security chosen
News, Post Reporters, Published on 31/03/2019
» The Office of the Judiciary has appointed the first director of a new agency that will be established to police court premises nationwide.
Navalny hails 'victory' as European rights court condemns Russia
AFP, Published on 09/04/2019
» STRASBOURG (FRANCE) - Russia violated the human rights of anti-corruption campaigner Alexei Navalny, a leading opponent of President Vladimir Putin, by holding him under house arrest for a lengthy spell in 2014, Europe's top rights court said Tuesday.
S. Korea charter court to rule on abortion ban
AFP, Published on 11/04/2019
» SEOUL: South Korea's constitutional court is to rule Thursday on the legality of a decades-old abortion ban that campaigners say endangers women, in what could be a historic decision.
South Korean constitutional court orders abortion ban be lifted
AFP, Published on 11/04/2019
» SEOUL - South Korea's constitutional court on Thursday ordered the country's decades-old abortion ban to be lifted in a landmark ruling over a law that campaigners say puts women at risk.
South Korean constitutional court orders abortion ban be lifted
AFP, Published on 11/04/2019
» SEOUL - South Korea's constitutional court on Thursday ordered the country's decades-old abortion ban to be lifted in a landmark ruling over a law that campaigners say puts women at risk.
US Supreme Court to hear case on vulgar trademarks
AFP, Published on 15/04/2019
» WASHINGTON - The US Supreme Court takes up Monday the government's refusal to register a trademark by a clothing line named "Fuct," and arguments should be, well, salty.
Saudi court resumes high-profile trial of women activists
AFP, Published on 17/04/2019
» RIYADH - Eleven Saudi women's rights activists were due back in court Wednesday in a trial that has drawn international criticism, just days after campaigners reported a new crackdown on their supporters.
Saudi court adjourns hearing in trial of women activists
AFP, Published on 17/04/2019
» RIYADH: A Saudi court on Wednesday postponed a hearing in the trial of 11 women activists which has drawn international censure, officials said, just days after campaigners reported a new crackdown on their supporters.
Highest Myanmar court to rule on journalists on Tuesday
Published on 20/04/2019
» YANGON: Myanmar’s Supreme Court will deliver its ruling on Tuesday on the appeal of two Reuters journalists imprisoned for breaking a colonial-era official secrets law, the court said on Saturday.